United States
Top US banks record 14 VAR breaches
JPM, Morgan Stanley, BofA, Citi, Goldman and State Street wrong-footed in volatile end to 2021
Shadow US banks cool on riskier leveraged loans
Lowest-quality syndicated loans held by non-banks fall, though they remain well above pre-pandemic levels
GM Financial’s derivatives fall 72% in value in 2021
A steeper forward interest rate curve paired with an appreciating dollar erased most of the gains booked by the carmaker’s lending arm in 2020
Bookstaber: past performance is no guide to future risks
Veteran risk chief says trading gains in wake of LTCM’s demise forged love of agent-based modelling
Fillip for credit-sensitive rates as Axi, Critr advance
IHS Markit makes benchmarks available for live products; Invesco appointed as Axi administrator
Clearing house of the year: OCC
Risk Awards 2022: Risk management reforms help clearing house weather meme stock volatility
Risk Awards 2022: the winners
JP Morgan claims top derivatives house, lifetime award for Mark Carney, BofA wins rates
SEC outdoes Europe on hedge fund, private equity disclosures
US to ban preferential treatment and introduce quarterly performance updates in rule shake-up
Equity markets have become so complex as to defy explanation
Experts struggle to rationalise wild swings in a market that is almost unrecognisable
EU banks fear outlier status on non-modellable risk charges
Dealers face disadvantage if EU implements more granular and costly version of FRTB than US, UK
The Collins flaw: backstop turned binding constraint
US legislative tweak was meant to prevent banks from using their own capital models too liberally. It’s now something different
Op risk data: Morgan Stanley, Capital One’s data breach double trouble
Also: Citi shells out $45m for misleading stock trading info; coding clangers cost Credit Suisse $9m. Data by ORX News
Product innovations push deal contingents beyond M&A
Banks entice new users with hedges related to IPOs and bankruptcy procedures
Banks rely on clients to police US Libor ban
Dealers say it’s “impossible” to verify end-user compliance with narrow Libor exceptions trade by trade
People moves: new Credit Suisse chair, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Banks offer crypto clearing but, shhh, don’t tell
Top dealers clear crypto futures for select clients despite smorgasbord of risks
Starting salaries jump for top quant grads
Quant Guide 2022: Goldman’s move to pay postgrads more is pushing up incomes, says programme director
Shell-company registry might not halt US dirty money, say experts
Observers raise questions over verifying beneficial owner info on proposed FinCEN database
CFTC delays rewritten swaps reporting rules after industry plea
Firms still face multiple rounds of compliance to implement UPI and ISO standards
CCPs to review conversion blueprint ahead of SOFR switch
Rising rates vol expected to push US transition to the wire, but process likely to follow previous runs
US funds piled on index hedges ahead of stock selloff
Counterparty Radar: Filings show managers adding more than $5.5 billion of puts in Q3, setting new high
Foreign banks flocked to Treasuries and Fed in Q3
Claims rose at fastest annual pace since early pandemic amid inflation jitters
Autocalls in peril as Netflix breaches downside barriers
Options liquidity keeps hedging panic at bay as some investors double down on volatile tech stocks
All top US banks below Collins floor
None of the eight systemic banks in the country above the threshold for the first time since 2015